Arch-support.



L. GREILICHQ ARCH SUPPORT.

A-PPUCATION FILED OCT. 5. 1915.

1,200.,187. Patented Oct. 3,1916.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS GREILICIEI, 0F DAYTON,

Anon-sorrows.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed October 5, 1915. Serial No. 54,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS Gunmen, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dayton, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Arch-Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the of the shoe. The benefits to be derived from such an arch support are simplicity of construction and continuous availability,

whereby the wearer is at all times in receipt of the benefits to be derived from arch supports.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom view of the insole of a shoe provided with my new arch supports. .Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is. an elevation of a shoe provided-with said arch supports.

The numeral 1 indicates a shoe of any ordinary construction, 2 is the insole of said shoe and 3 indicates the counter thereof.

My invention consists in stitching to the shank of the insole 2, pieces or plates of leather or other suitablematerial 4: and 5,

the said plates'being shaped over the last upon which the shoe is to be constructed to fit against the sides of the. arch of the wearer. The stitchmg for the attachment I pose designed. 4

described my invention,

.of said plates is clearly indicated in Fig. 1

of the drawings wherein it will be noted KENTUGKY, AssIeNoRor ONE-HALF 'ro JOHN J. BAUER,"

or cmcrmurr, OHIO. 1

that the plates 4 and 5 are secured to the I under-side of the insole against the projection 6 of said insole on respective sides of the shank. When the insole thus provided with the supports I and 5 is inserted in the shoe 1 in the usual manner, it will be noted that the supports overlap as showniat 7 in Fig. 3 the counter of the shoe and rests in side said counter. The counter therefore I Y supplements the supports and gives to the .1

same additional rigidity and supporting efliciency.

It is apparent of course thatthe plates 4 and 5 may be made of any suitable material together with a suflicient flexibility or elas- 5-5 the requirements being a suitable stiffness,

ticity to adapt themselves to the arch of the wearer; I prefer, however, to make the 'same of a good quality of leather which combines the requirements and is well adapted .to give eflicient service for the pur- Having thus what I claim is new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent is: J

Ina shoe provided with a; counter and a ribbed insole, a built-in arch support, said support comprising plates secured to the sides ofthe insole of said shoe and abuttmg' against the ribs onthe-underside thereof,

.said platesoverlapping the counter of said shoe and conforming to the arch of a foot.

"Witnessesr v ALIon WALKER,

otus GREILICH. 

